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Delivering Sustainability Through Supply Chain Distribution Network Redesign

Denise Ravet

Central European Business Review 2013, 2(3):22-29 | DOI: 10.18267/j.cebr.51

Purpose: Companies could gain (cost, service, green/sustainable) a competitive advantage through the supply chain network. The goal of this article is to study how to deliver sustainability through the redesign of the supply chain distribution network.
Design/methodology/approach: A literature review is conducted to examine research relating to sustainable supply chain strategies and the redesign of the supply chain distribution network.
Findings: A study of the supply chain literature reveals the importance of rethinking the supply chain distribution network's design and treating sustainability as an integral part of operations.